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CHAPTER  XIV. 

BREAD. 

187.  Special  requirements.]     All  bread,  made  or  procured  for 
the  purpose  of  sale,  sold,  offered  or  exposed  for  sale  in  the  city  of 
Chicago,  shall  be  made  in  a  clean  and  sanitary  place,  of  good  and 
wholesome  flour  or  meal,  and  shall  contain  no  deleterious  substance 
or  material. 

188.  Loaves — weight — labels.]     Every  loaf  of  bread,  made  or 
procured  for  the  purpose  of  sale,  sold,  offered  or  exposed  for  sale 
in  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  weigh  a  pound  avoirdupois  (except  as 
hereinafter  provided),  and  such  loaf  shall  be  considered  to  be  the 
standard  loaf  in  the  city  of  Chicago.     Bread  may  also  be  made  or 
procured  for  the  purpose  of  sale,  sold,  offered  or  exposed  for  sale 
in  half,  three-quarter,  double,  triple,  quadruple,  quintuple  or  sex- 
tuple loaves,  and  in  no  other  way.     Every  loaf  of  bread,  made  or 
procured  for  the  purpose  of  sale,  sold,  offered  or  exposed  for  sale 
in  the  city  shall  have  affixed  thereon  in  a  conspicuous  place  a  label 
at  least  one  inch  square,  or  if  round,  at  least  one  inch  in  diameter, 
upon  which  label  there  shall  be  printed  in  plain  type,  the  letters 
and  figures  of  which  shall  be  printed  in  black  ink  upon  white  paper 
from  type  not  smaller  or  making  a  less  conspicuous  letter  than  the 
type  commonly  known  as  twelve  point  full  face  square   Gothic 
capital  letters  and  figures  (being  substantially  such  type  as  is  de- 
scribed  in   Specimen    Book   Number   9   of   Barnhart   Brothers   & 
Spindler,  as  twelve  point  Lining  Gothic  Title  Number  82,  capital 
letters  and  figures,  and  in  the  Specimen  Book  of  1906  of  the  Amer- 
ican   Type    Founders    Company   as    twelve   point    Lining    Gothic 
Number   520,   capital    letters   and    figures,    or    similar   type),    the 
weight  of  the  loaf  in  pound,  pounds  or  fraction  of  a  pound  avoir- 
dupois, whether  the  loaf  be  a  standard  loaf  or  not.    The  business 
name  and  address  of  the  maker,  baker  or  manufacturer  of  the  loaf 
shall  also  be  printed  plainly  on  each  label. 

189.  Scales — weighing.]     Every  maker,  baker  or  manufacturer 
of  bread,  every  proprietor  of  a  bakery  or  bakeshop,   and   every 
seller  of  bread  in  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  keep  scales  and  weights, 
suitable  for  the  weighing  of  bread  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  his 
bakery,  bakeshop  or  store,  and  shall,  whenever  requested  by  the 
buyer  and  in  the  buyer's  presence,  weigh  the  loaf  or  loaves  of 
bread  sold  or  offered  for  sale. 


190.  Penalty.]     If  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  make  or 
procure   for  the   purpose   of   sale,   sell,   offer  or  expose   for   sale, 
within  the  city  of  Chicago,  any  bread  which  is  not  made  of  good 
and  wholesome  flour  or  meal,  any  bread  which  contains  a  dele- 
terious  substance  or  material,   any   bread   the   loaf  or   loaves   of 
which  are  not  standard,  half,  three-quarter,  double,  triple,  quad- 
ruple, quintuple  or  sextuple  loaves,  as  defined  in  section  188,  or 
any  bread  which   is  not  made  in  a  clean  and  sanitary  place,  or 
shall  make  or  procure  for  the  purpose  of  sale,  sell,  offer  or  expose 
for  sale,  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  any  standard  loaf  or  loaves 
of  bread  which  do  not  weigh  one  pound  each,  or  any  bread  the 
loaf  or  loaves  of  which  do  not  weigh  as  much  as  the  weight  marked 
thereon,  or  any  bread  the  loaf  or  loaves  of  which  do  not  have 
affixed  thereon  the  label  marked  as  hereinbefore  provided,  con- 
trary to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  such  person,  firm  or  cor- 
poration shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars,  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

191.  Exemptions.]     The  provisions  of  this  chapter,  other  than 
the  provisions  of  section  187  and  section  190  (so  far  as  section  190 
relates  to  violations  of  section  187),  shall  not  apply  to  crackers, 
pretzels,   biscuits,    buns,    scones,   rolls   or   loaves   of   fancy    bread 
weighing  less  than  one-fourth  of  a  pound  avoirdupois,  or  to  what 
is  commonly  known  as  "stale  bread,"  sold  as  such,  provided  the 
seller  shall  at  the  time  of  sale,  expressly  state  to  the  buyer  that 
the  bread  so  sold  is  stale  bread. 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 
COAL,  CHARCOAL,  COKE  AND  FIREWOOD. 


ARTICLE   I. 
COAL,   CHARCOAL  AND  COKE. 

740.  Measure  prescribed.]      In   the   sale  of  coal,  the  hundred 
weight    shall    consist    of    one    hundred    pounds    avoirdupois,    and 
twenty  such  hundred  weight  shall  constitute  a  ton. 

741.  Delivery     ticket — requirements — verifying  weight.]     Any 
person,  firm  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  selling  coal, 
charcoal  or  coke  in  the  city,  to  be  delivered  in  said  city,  shall  pro- 
vide the  driver  of  the  wagon  or  conveyance  with  a  delivery  ticket 
bearing  the  name  of  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  selling  such 
fuel,  showing  the  net  weight  of  the  fuel  and  the  name  and  address 
of  the  purchaser  of  said  fuel,  or  person,  firm  or  corporation  to 
whom  same  is  to  be  delivered,  which  said  delivery  ticket  shall  be 
delivered  by  the  driver  in  charge  of  the  wagon  or  conveyance  to 
the  purchaser,  or  his  agent  or  representative,  or  to  the  person  to 
whom  delivery  is  to  be  made,  at  the  time  of  the  delivery  of  the 
fuel.    In  the  event  that  coal,  charcoal  or  coke  is  sold  or  offered  for 
sale  by  a  peddler,  such  peddler  shall  deliver  to  the  purchaser  or 
intending  purchaser,  or  his  agent  or  representative,  or  the  person 
to  whom  delivery  is  to  be  made,  or  to  the  inspector  of  weights 


and  measures  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  upon  his  demand,  a  delivery 
ticket  bearing  the  name  of  such  peddler,  his  license  number  and 
showing  the  net  weight  of  the  fuel  so  sold  or  offered  for  sale. 

Every  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall,  on  demand  of  the 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  any 
of  his  deputies,  or  the  purchaser  or  intending  purchaser  or  his 
agent  or  representative,  or  the  person  to  whom  the  delivery  is  to 
be  made,  produce  and  deliver  said  ticket  to  said  officer  or  to  his 
deputies,  or  to  the  purchaser  or  intending  purchaser,  or  his  agent 
or  representative,  or  to  the  person  to  whom  the  delivery  is  to  be 
made,  and  whenever  said  officer  or  any  of  his  deputies,  or  the 
purchaser  or  intending  purchaser,  or  his  agent  or  representative, 
or  the  person  to  whom  delivery  is  to  be  made,  shall  demand  that 
the  said  weight  shown  by  said  ticket  be  verified,  it  shall  thereupon 
become  the  duty  of  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  delivering  such 
fuel  to  convey  the  same  forthwith  to  some  public  scale  selected 
by  the  inspector  of  weights  and  measures  of  the  city  of  Chicago, 
or  any  of  his  deputies,  or  the  purchaser  or  intending  purchaser  of 
the  fuel  being  delivered,  or  his  agent  or  representative,  or  the  per- 
son to  whom  delivery  is  to  be  made,  in  the  particular  locality 
where  the  coal,  charcoal  or  coke  is  to  be  delivered  or  to  any  pri- 
vate scale  in  the  particular  locality  where  the  owner  thereof  shall 
consent  to  such  use,  and  permit  the  weighing  of  the  coal,  charcoal 
or  coke,  together  with  conveyance  and  equipment,  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  the  gross  weight  thereof,  and  shall,  after  the  deliv- 
ery of  such  fuel,  return  forthwith  with  the  conveyance  and  equip- 
ment used  in  the  delivery  of  such  coal,  charcoal  or  coke  to  the 
same  scale  and  permit  the  weighing  of  said  conveyance  and  equip- 
ment for  the  purpose  of  verifying  the  net  weight  of  the  coal,  char- 
coal or  coke,  as  shown  by  the  said  ticket ;  provided,  however,  that 
if  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  requests  the  privilege  or  re- 
weighing  said  ccal,  charcoal  or  coke,  conveyance  and  equipment 
on  another  and  different  scale  from  that  selected  by  the  inspector 
of  weights  and  measures  of  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  any  of  his 
deputies,  or  the  purchaser  or  intending  purchaser,  or  his  agent  or 
representative,  or  the  person  to  whom  delivery  is  to  be  made,  said 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures  or  his  deputy,  or  the  purchaser 
or  intending  purchaser,  or  his  agent  or  representative,  or  the  per- 
son to  whom  delivery  is  to  be  made,  shall  consent  to  such  weigh- 
ing on  some  other  scale  in  the  particular  locality. 

Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  selling  or  offering  for  sale 
coal,  charcoal  or  coke  in  the  city  shall  sell  the  same  by  avoirdupois 
weight,  except  where  otherwise  provided  by  contract. 

742.  Penalty.]  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  section  741,  or  who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to 
comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense,  and 
any  person,  firm  or  corporation  delivering  or  attempting  to  deliver 
coal,  charcoal  or  coke  within  the  city  of  a  quantity  less  than  that 
called  for  by  the  delivery  ticket,  as  provided  for  in  section  741 

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aforesaid,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  selling  and  delivering  or  at- 
tempting to  deliver  coal,  charcoal  or  coke  within  the  city  of 
Chicago,  who  shall  provide  the  driver  or  person  in  charge  of  the 
wagon  or  conveyance  used  in  the  carrying  thereof,  or  the  person 
making  or  attempting  to  make  the  delivery  thereof,  with  a  ticket 
or  memorandum  which  does  not  correctly  give  the  information 
required  to  be  given  by  virtue  of  section  741,  or  with  a  ticket  or 
memorandum  which  does  not  give  the  result  of  the  actual  weigh- 
ing of  such  coal,  charcoal  or  coke,  and  any  such  driver  and  any 
such  persons  making  or  attempting  to  make  delivery  of  any  coal, 
charcoal  or  coke,  who  shall  produce,  deliver,  offer  or  tender  any 
ticket  or  memorandum  which  does  not  correctly  give  the  informa- 
tion aforesaid,  or  does  not  give  the  result  of  the  actual  weighing 
of  such  coal,  charcoal  or  coke,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty 
dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

ARTICLE   IV. 
FIREWOOD. 

752.  One  hundred  and  twenty-eight  cubic  feet  to  constitute  a 
cord.]     Whenever  any  firewood  shall  be  contracted  for  or  sold  or 
delivered,  or  offered  for  sale  or  delivery,  within  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, one  hundred  twenty-eight  cubic  feet  shall  constitute  a  cord. 

753.  Penalty.]     Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  selling,  offer- 
ing for  sale,  delivering,  or  attempting  to  deliver,  any  less  number 
of  cubic  feet  of  firewood  to  the  cord  than  one  hundred  twenty- 
eight  cubic  feet,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

754.  Memorandum  required — contents.]     Any  person,  firm  or 
corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  selling  firewood  in  the  city, 
to  be  delivered  in  said  city,  shall  provide  the  driver  of  the  wagon 
or  conveyance  with  a  delivery  ticket  bearing  the  name  of  the  per- 
son, firm  or  corporation  selling  such  fuel,  and  showing  the  quan- 
tity of  the  fuel,  the  name  and  address  of  the  purchaser  of  the  same, 
or  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  whom  such  fuel  is  to  be  de- 
livered, which  said  delivery  ticket  shall  be  delivered  by  the  driver 
in  charge  of  the  wagon  or  conveyance  to  the  purchaser  or  his 
agent  or  representative,  or  to  the  person  to  whom  delivery  is  to 
be  made  at  the  time  of  the  delivery  of  the  fuel. 

755.  Penalty.]     Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  selling  and  de- 
livering, or  attempting  to  deliver,  firewood  within  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, who  shall  provide  the  driver  or  person  in  charge  of  the  wagon 
or  conveyance  used  in  the  carrying  thereof,  or  the  person  making 
or  attempting  to  make  the  delivery  thereof,  with  a  ticket  or  memo- 
randum which  does  not  correctly  give  the  information  required  to 
be  given  by  virtue  of  the  preceding  section  of  this  article,  or  with 
a  ticket  or  memorandum  which  does  not  give  the  result  of  the 
actual  measurement  of  such  firewood,  and  any  such  driver  and  any 


such  persons  making  or  attempting  to  make  delivery  of  any  fire- 
wood, who  shall  produce,  deliver,  offer  or  tender  any  ticket  or 
memorandum  which  does  not  correctly  give  the  information  afore- 
said, or  does  not  give  the  result  of  the  actual  measurement  of 
such  firewood,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

CHAPTER  XXXVII. 

HAY,    GRAIN,    STRAW   AND   MILL-FEED. 

1151.  Weighing  required — memorandum  to  purchaser.]  All  hay 
and  straw  of  every  kind  and  nature  whatsoever  sold  to  be  deliv- 
ered in  wagon-load  lots  or  in  amounts  less  than  wagon-load  lots 
within  the  city  of  Chicago  or  sold  elsewhere  to  be  delivered  in 
wagon-load  lots  or  in  amounts  less  than  wagon-load  lots  within 
the  city  of  Chicago,  and  all  grain  and  mill-feed  sold  and  delivered 
in  wagon-load  lots  or  in  amounts  less  than  wagon-load  lots  with- 
in the  city  of  Chicago,  or  sold  elsewhere  to  be  delivered  in  wagon- 
load  lots  or  in  amounts  less  than  wagon-load  lots  within  the  city 
of  Chicago,  for  use  as  feed  for  animals,  before  the  delivery 
thereof,  shall  be  weighed  on  scales  which  have  been  inspected 
and  sealed  by  the  inspector  of  weights  and  measures  of  the  city 
of  Chicago,  and  in  case  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed 
is  delivered  in  wagon-load  lots,  a  written  or  printed  memorandum 
showing  the  date  of  the  weighing,  the  gross  weight,  the  tare  and 
the  net  weight  of  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed,  the  name  of 
the  seller  thereof,  the  number  of  the  wagon  or  other  conveyance 
(if  such  wagon  or  conveyance  be  numbered),  and  the  name  of  the 
teamster  driving  the  wagon,  or  the  person  in  charge  of  any  other 
conveyance,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  purchaser  by  the  seller,  or 
his  authorized  agent,  at  the  time  of  the  delivery  thereof  and  be- 
fore such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed,  or  any  part  or  portion 
thereof,  is  removed  from  such  wagon  or  other  conveyance.  In 
case  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  is  delivered  in  less  than 
wagon-load  lots,  but  in  a  lot  of  more  than  one  bale,  bag,  parcel 
or  package,  said  memorandum  shall  show  the  date  of  the  weigh- 
ing, the  net  weight  of  the  goods  so  delivered,  the  number  of  such 
bales,  bags,  parcels  or  packages  so  delivered,  the  name  of  the  seller 
thereof,  and  if  there  be  goods  of  different  kinds  in  such  load  or 
lot,  the  memorandum  shall  also  show  the  net  weight  of  each  kind 
of  goods  so  delivered,  and  such  memorandum  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  purchaser  by  the  seller  or  his  authorized  agent  at  the  time 
of  the  delivery  thereof  and  before  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill- 
feed,  or  any  part  or  portion  thereof,  is  actually  placed  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  purchaser.  In  case  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill- 
feed  is  delivered  in  quantities  of  one  bale,  bag,  parcel  or  pack- 
age said  memorandum  shall  show  the  date  of  the  weighing,  the  net 
weight  of  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  so  delivered  and  the 
name  of  the  seller  thereof,  and  such  memorandum  shall  be  deliv- 
ered to  the  purchaser  by  the  seller  at  the  time  of  the  delivery 
threof,  and  before  such  bale,  bag,  parcel  or  package  is  actually 
placed  in  the  possession  of  the  purchaser.  In  case  no  person  is 


present  to  receive  such  hay,  grain,  straw  or  mill-feed,  then  the 
memorandum  hereinbefore  provided  for  shall  be  posted  conspicu- 
ously at  the  place  of  delivery.  No  load  or  lot  of  hay,  straw,  grain 
or  mill-feed  shall  be  delivered  in  the  city  the  net  weight  of  which 
is  less  than  the  amount  shown  by  such  memorandum. 

1152.  Weighing — re-weighing.]      Any   person   in    charge   of   a 
wagon,  or  other  conveyance  used  for  delivering  any  such  straw, 
hay,  grain  or  mill-feed  within  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  at  the  re- 
quest of  the   inspector  of  weights  and   measures  or  any  of  his 
deputies,  or  at  the  request  of  the  purchaser  or  intending  purchaser 
of  any  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed,  at  any  time  after  the 
weighing  thereof,  produce  and  deliver  said  memorandum  for  the 
inspection  of  such  inspector  of  weights  and  measures,  his  deputy 
01  the  purchaser  or  intending  purchaser  and  shall  upon  request  of 
the  inspector  of  weights  and  measures,  his  deputy  or  the  purchaser 
or  intending  purchaser,  go  to  a  scale  which  has  been  duly  inspected 
and     sealed    by    the    inspector    of    weights    and    measures    and 
which   is   located   in   the    particular   locality    where   the   delivery 
is    to    be    made,    and    which    shall    be    designated    by    said    in- 
spector of  weights  and  measures,  his  deputy  or  the  purchaser  or 
intending  purchaser  and  there  weigh  such  hay,   straw,  grain  or 
mill-feed  about  to  be  delivered,  together  with  the  wagon,  or  other 
conveyance  (in  case  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  is  deliv- 
ered in  wagon-load  lots)  used  for  the  delivery  of  the  same  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  gross  weight  thereof,  and  shall,  after 
the  delivery  of  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  return  forth- 
with, with  the  wagon,  or  other  conveyance    (in  case  such   hay, 
straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  is  delivered  in  wagon-load  lots)  and  there 
weigh  such  wagon  or  other  conveyance  for  the  purpose  of  verify- 
ing the  net  weight  of  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  as  shown 
by  said  memorandum ;  provided,  however,  that  if  the  seller  of  such 
hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  or  the  driver  of  the  wagon  or  the 
person  in  charge  of  any  other  conveyance  or  the  person  making  the 
delivery   requests  the  privilege  of  re-weighing  such   hay,   straw, 
grain  or  mill-feed  on  another  and  different  scale  from  that  selected 
by  the  inspector  of  weights  and  measures  or  by  his  deputy,  or  by 
the  purchaser  or  intending  purchaser,   said  inspector  of  weights 
and   measures  or  his  deputy,  or  the  purchaser  or  intending  pur- 
chaser, shall  consent  to  such  re-weighing  on  some  other  scale  in 
the  particular  locality  where  such  delivery  is  to  be  made. 

1153.  Avoirdupois  weight  prescribed.]    For  the  purpose  of  Com- 
puting the  weight  of  any  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  sold 
and  delivered  or  sold  elsewhere  to  be  delivered  within  the  city  of 
Chicago  avoirdupois  weight  shall  be  used,  and  one  hundred  pounds 
shall  be  and  constitute  an  hundred  weight  and  twenty  such  hun- 
dred  weight   or  two   thousand   pounds   avoirdupois   shall   consti- 
tute a  ton. 

1154.  Violations  of  foregoing  provisions — penalty.]    Any  person, 
firm  or  corporation  who  shall  deliver  or  attempt  to  deliver  any 
such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  within  the  city  of  Chicago  sold 


to  be  delivered  in  wagon-load  lots  or  in  amounts  less  than  wagon- 
load  lots  within  the  city  or  sold  elsewhere  to  be  delivered  in 
wagon-load  lots  or  in  amounts  less  than  wagon-load  lots  within 
said  city  without  having  weighed  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill- 
feed  as  hereinbefore  provided  or  without  having  in  the  possession 
of  the  person  in  charge  of  the  wagon  or  other  conveyance,  or  the 
person  making  the  delivery,  at  the  time  such  delivery  is  being 
made,  a  memorandum  as  hereinbefore  provided,  or  who  shall  fail 
to  deliver  by  the  person  in  charge  of  such  wagon  or  other  con- 
veyance or  the  person  making  the  delivery  at  any  time  after  the 
weighing  of  the  produce  being  delivered,  when  demanded  by  the 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures  or  by  any  of  his  deputies,  or 
by  the  purchaser  or  intending  purchaser,  the  memorandum  here- 
inbefore provided  for,  or  who  shall  fail  to  deliver  to  the  purchaser 
or  his  authorized  agent,  or  to  post  such  memorandum,  as  herein- 
before provided,  before  the  removal  of  such  hay,  grain  or  mill- 
feed  from  the  wagon  or  other  conveyance,  or  who  shall  sell  and 
deliver  or  attempt  to  deliver  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  deliver 
or  attempt  to  deliver  a  load,  lot  or  bale,  bag,  parcel  or  package  of 
any  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  sold  elsewhere  to  be  de- 
livered within  said  city,  which  does  not  weigh  as  much  as  the 
amount  shown  on  such  memorandum,  or  any  driver  of  a  wagon  or 
person  in  charge  of  any  other  conveyance  or  any  person  making 
the  delivery  of  any  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed,  who  shall 
fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  deliver  to  the  purchaser  or  his  authorized 
agent,  or  to  post  such  memorandum  as  hereinbefore  provided,  be- 
fore the  removal  of  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  from  the 
wagon  or  other  conveyance,  or  who  shall,  on  the  request  of  the 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures  or  any  of  his  deputies,  or  the 
purchaser  or  intending  purchaser,  refuse  to  produce  and  deliver 
said  memorandum  as  hereinbefore  provided,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

1155.  False  or  fraudulent  memorandum — penalty.]  Any  person, 
firm  or  corporation,  selling  and  delivering  or  attempting  to  deliver 
in  wagon-load  lots  or  in  amounts  less  than  wagon-load  lots  or 
selling  elsewhere  and  delivering  or  attempting  to  deliver  in  wagon- 
load  lots  or  in  amounts  less  than  wagon-load  lots,  any  such  hav, 
straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  who  shall  pro- 
vide the  driver  of  a  wagon,  the  person  in  charge  of  any  other  con- 
vevance  or  the  person  actually  making  or  attempting  to  make  the 
deliverv  thereof  with  a  false  or  fraudulent  memorandum,  instead 
of  such  a  memorandum  as  is  hereinbefore  provided  for.  or  a  memo- 
randum which  is  not  the  result  of  the  actual  weighing  of  the  goods 
so  sold  and  delivered,  or  attempted  to  be  delivered,  and  any  driver 
of  a  wagon  or  person  in  charge  of  anv  other  conveyance  or  other 
person  making  the  delivery  of  any  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill- 
feed,  who  shall  have  in  his  possession  or  who  shall,  upon  request, 
produce  or  deliver  anv  false  or  fraudulent  memorandum  or  any 
memorandum  which  is  not  the  result  of  an  actual  weighing-  of  the 

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produce  so  being  delivered,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  dol- 
lars, nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

1156.  Railways,  elevators  and  warehouses — memorandum  to  con- 
signee— fee — penalty.]  All  railway  companies  and  also  all  persons, 
firms  or  corporations  operating  elevators  or  warehouses,  main- 
taining in  the  city  of  Chicago  delivery  team  track  yards  equipped 
with  scales  shall,  upon  the  delivery  by  them  of  any  such  hay, 
straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  to  the  consignee,  or  to  the  person  having 
an  order  from  the  consignee  for  the  delivery  of  such  hay,  straw, 
grain  or  mill-feed  where  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill-feed  is  re- 
moved from  such  yards  in  wagon-load  lots  or  in  amounts  less  than 
wagon-load  lots,  weigh  the  same  and  deliver  to  the  driver  of  the 
wagon,  or  the  person  in  charge  of  any  other  conveyance  furnished 
by  the  consignee  or  by  the  person  having  his  order,  a  memoran- 
dum of  such  weighing,  which  memorandum  shall  comply  with  all 
the  requirements  of  section  1151  of  this  chapter,  and  in  addition 
thereto  shall  show  the  name  or  the  initials  of  the  railroad  company 
or  of  the  elevator  or  warehouse  issuing  such  memorandum  and  the 
location  of  the  scale  upon  which  such  hay,  straw,  grain  or  mill- 
feed  is  weighed.  For  such  weighing  and  for  the  issuing  of  said 
memorandum  a  fee  not  exceeding  ten  cents  for  each  load  or  part 
of  a  load  so  weighed  may  be  charged  and  collected.  Any  person, 
firm  or  corporation  violating  the  terms  of  this  section  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

1265.  Name  of  bottler  to  appear  on  cap  of  bottle.]  It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  sell  or  offer  for 
sale  within  the  city  of  Chicago  any  milk  or  cream  in  any  bottle  or 
glass  jar  unless  such  bottle  or  glass  jar  shall  have  indelibly  indi- 
cated upon  the  cover  or  cap  thereof,  in  a  legible  and  conspicuous 
manner,  the  name  of  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  bottling  said 
milk  or  cream  in  such  bottles  or  glass  jar ;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  sell  or  offer  for  sale  any  milk 
or  cream  within  the  city  of  Chicago  in  any  such  bottle  or  glass  jar 
which  has  blown  into  it,  or  otherwise  indicated  thereon,  the  name 
of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  other  than  or  different  from  that 
which  is  indicated  on  such  cover  or  cap. 

Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  section  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 


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CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

1296.  Ice  to  be  weighed  when  sold — avoirdupois  weight  pre- 
scribed—exception.] Every  person  or  corporation  selling  ice  or 
offering  ice  for  sale  shall,  at  the  time  of  delivery  of  any  ice  sold, 
weigh  the  quantity  of  ice  delivered,  and  for  that  purpose  shall  be 
provided  with  a  steel-yard  balance  or  other  apparatus  for  weighing 
such  ice,  which  shall  have  been  duly  adjusted  and  sealed  by  the 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance ;  and  all  ice  sold  within  the  city  shall  be  sold  by 
avoirdupois  weight  unless  it  is  otherwise  specifically  agreed  upon 
between  the  buyer  and  seller. 

Any  person  or  corporation  selling  or  offering  for  sale  ice  within 
the  city,  or  delivering  ice  to  any  person  within  the  city,  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 

1325.  Meats  to  be  sold  by  weight — exceptions.]  All  meats  sold 
at  any  place  of  business  licensed  under  the  provisions  of  this  article, 
except  shanks,  offal,  heads  and  plucks,  poultry  and  wild  game,  shall 
be  sold  by  weight,  and  shall  be  weighed  in  a  scale,  by  weights  or  a 
beam,  properly  sealed;  and  in  case  any  fraud  shall  be  committed  in 
the  weight  of  any  meat,  and  in  case  any  meat,  except  as  aforesaid, 
shall  be  sold  without  being  weighed  as  herein  directed,  the  person 
selling  the  same  shall  be  fined  the  sum  of  five  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

CHAPTER  LXXIX. 

ARTICLE  II. 

2614.  No  charge  in  case  of  breakdown.]  In  case  any  automo- 
bile, autocar  or  other  similar  vehicle  shall,  while  conveying  for 
hire  or  reward  any  passenger  or  passengers,  become  disabled,  or 
shall  break  down  so  as  to  be  unable  to  convey  such  passenger  or 
passengers  to  his  or  their  destination,  and  such  disablement  or 
breaking  down  cannot  be  remedied  so  that  such  vehicle  shall  be 
enabled  to  proceed  within  fifteen  minutes  from  the  time  such  vehicle 
shall  have  become  disabled,  or  shall  have  stopped,  no  fare  shall  be 
charged  or  collected  for  any  service  rendered  or  distance  traveled 
up  to  the  time  of  such  stoppage,  disablement  or  break-down ;  pro- 
vided, however,  that  if  any  such  passenger  or  passengers  elect  to 
remain  in  such  vehicle  and  desire  to  be  conveyed  to  their  destina- 
tion thereby,  after  such  break-down  or  disablement  shall  have  been 
remedied,  in  such  event  full  rates  for  the  distance  traveled  shall 
be  charged  as  if  no  break-down  or  stoppage  had  occurred,  or  if 
such  vehicle  was  employed  by  the  hour,  the  time  of  stoppage  shall 
be  deducted  from  the  time  charged  for. 

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ARTICLE  V. 
TAXICABS. 

2651.  Taximeter  and   taxicab — defined.]      For   the   purpose   of 
this  article,  the  term  "taximeter,"  whenever  used  herein,  shall  be 
held  to  embrace  and  mean  and  is  hereby  defined  to  mean,  any  in- 
strument or  device  attached  or  to  be  attached  to  a  public  vehicle 
designed  or  intended  to  measure  the  distance  traveled,  to  record  the 
time  said  vehicle  is  in  waiting,  and  to  record  the  fare  or  charge 
therefor ;  the  term  ''taxicab,"  all  public  vehicles  propelled  by  power 
other  than  muscular  power,  to  which  is  attached  a  taximeter. 

2652.  Requirements  as  to  taximeter.]    As  amended  June  19,  1911. 
The  dial  of  such  taximeter  shall  show  but  one  tariff,  which  shall 
be  registered  in  accordance  with  the  rates  prescribed  in  section 
2658.    Each  taximeter  shall  be  equipped  with  a  flag  at  least  three 
inches  by  two  inches  in  size,  either  painted  red  or  bearing  thereon 
in  letters  of  at  least  one  inch  in  height  the  word  "VACANT"  or 
the  words  "FOR  HIRE."    The  flag  post  of  such  flag  shall  be  kept 
up  or  towards  a  vertical  position  when  the  taxicab  is  for  hire,  and 
when  such  taxicab  is  engaged  in   the  service  of  a  passenger  or 
passengers,  said  flag  post  shall  be  kept  down  or  towards  a  hori- 
zontal position. 

All  taxicabs  used  for  the  purpose  of  conveying  passengers 
within  the  city  of  Chicago  shall  have  the  tires  inflated  with  not 
less  than  the  following  number  of  pounds  of  air  pressure: 

For  three-inch  tires,  50  pounds ;  for  three  and  a  half  inch  tires, 
60  pounds ;  for  four-inch  tires,  70  pounds ;  for  four-and-a-half- 
inch  tires,  80  pounds ;  for  five-inch  tires,  90  pounds ;  for  five-and- 
a-half-inch  tires,  100  pounds. 

2653.  Inspection  of  taximeters.]     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures  to  examine,  inspect  and  seal  at 
least  once  in  every  six  months,  in  the  manner  hereinafter  set  forth, 
all  taximeters  used  in  the  city  of  Chicago ;  provided,  however,  that 
in  the  event  complaint  is  made  to  said  inspector  of  weights  and 
measures  that  any  taximeter  registers  improperly  or  inaccurately, 
then  it  shall  be   the  duty  of  the  said  inspector  of  weights  and 
measures  immediately  to  examine  and  inspect  said  taximeter  com- 
plained of;  and  if  said  taximeter  does  not  properly  and  accurately 
register,  indicate  or  display  the  time  consumed  by  the  taxicab  while 
in  waiting,  the  distance  traveled  and  the  amount  of  fare  to  be  de- 
termined and  charged  therefor,  then  and  in  that  event  it  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  the  owner  or  person  in  charge  of  such  taxicab  to  permit 
its  use  until  such  taxicab  is  equipped  with  a  taximeter  approved  by 
said  inspector. 

2654.  Testing  of  taximeters.]    As  amended  June  19,  1911.   Every 
taximeter  shall  be  tested  by  running  the  taxicab  to  which  it  is 
attached  over  a  course  of  a  standard  mile  in  length  or  by  a  me- 
chanical test  to  prove  the  accuracy  of  the  register  thereof.    Both 
of  the  foregoing  tests  may  be  made  in  the  discretion  of  the  said 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures. 

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In  order  to  determine  whether  such  taximeter  correctly  reg- 
isters "waiting  time,"  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  inspector  of 
weights  and  measures  to  test  such  taximeter  by  comparing  the 
time  recorded  as  shown  by  the  fare  computed  on  the  dial  there- 
of with  the  standard  time. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  own- 
ing, controlling  or  operating  a  taxicab  to  deliver  either  the  taxi- 
cab  together  with  the  taximeter,  or  the  taximeter  detached  there- 
from, to  the  inspector  of  weights  and  measures,  or  any  of  his 
deputies,  for  the  purpose  of  making  the  aforesaid  test  upon  de- 
mand ;  provided,  however,  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  may, 
if  desired,  be  present  at  the  time  such  test  is  made. 

2655.  Taximeter  to  be  tested  before  using — changing  taximeter 
from  one  taxicab  to  another.]     No  person,  firm  or  corporation  own- 
ing or  operating  any  taxicab  shall  offer  or  let  the  same  for  hire  or 
icward  anywhere  within  the  city  of  Chicago,  unless  the  taximeter 
placed,  attached  or  installed  thereon  has  been  inspected  and  tested 
by  said  inspector,  and  no  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall 
detach  any  certified  or  inspected  taximeter  from  any  taxicab  and 
attach  the  same  to  any  other  taxicab,  the  front  wheels  of  which  are 
of  different  diameter  from  those  with  reference  to  which  said  taxi- 
meter was  originally  tested,  unless  a  new  inspection  or  certification 
is  had  on  such  taximeter. 

2656.  Taximeter — where  attached — light  reflected  on  dial.]     As 
amended  June  19,  1911.     Every  taximeter  shall  be  connected  with 
and  operated  from  the  front  wheel  or  axle  of  the  taxicab  to  which 
it  is  attached.    Each  taxicab  shall,  during  the  period  between  sun- 
set and  sunrise,  be  equipped  with  a  light  which  shall  be  so  reflected 
upon  the  dial  of  the  taximeter  as  to  enable  the  passenger  or  pass- 
engers engaging  and  using  such  taxicab  to  read  the  figures  indi- 
cated thereon. 

Every  taximeter  hereafter  placed  on  a  taxicab  shall  be  so  ar- 
ranged that  the  dial  thereof  is  in  plain  view  of  the  passenger 
while  riding  in  such  taxicab. 

2657.  Inspector  of  weights  and  measures  to  seal  and  keep  record 
of  taximeters — fee  for  inspection.]     It   shall   be  the  duty  of  the 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures  to  seal  all  taximeters  found  accu- 
rate and  correct  and  to  keep  a  record  of  the  number  of  each  taxi- 
meter and  the  date  of  the  inspection  thereof  in  the  books  of  his 
office.    The  fee  to  be  charged  for  the  inspection  of  each  taximeter  i? 
hereby  fixed  at  the  sum  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents ;  no  charge 
shall  be  made  for  additional  inspections  unless  the  taximeter  regis- 
ters incorrectly  or  inaccurately,  in  which  case  an  inspection  fee  of 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  shall  be  charged. 

2658.  Rates  of  fare.]     As  amended  June  19,  1911.     No  person, 
firm  or  corporation,  owning,  operating  or  controlling  any  taxicab 
shall  let  the  same  for  hire  or  reward  for  a  fee  or  charge  to  be  fixed 
and  determined  by  the  hour  or  fraction  thereof,  but  the  fare  de- 

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manded  or  received  shall  (excepting  for  waiting  time  as  herein 
provided  for)  be  computed  by  the  distance  traveled  and  shall  not 
exceed  the  following  rates: 

For  the  first  one-half  mile  or  traction  thereof,  for  one  person, 
50  cents. 

For  each  one-fourth  mile  thereafter,  10  cents. 

For  each  additional  person  for  the  whole  journey,  20  cents. 

Every  passenger  upon  any  taxicab  shall  be  allowed  to  have 
conveyed  with  him  upon  such  vehicle,  without  charge  therefor, 
his  ordinary  light  traveling  baggage  in  an  amount  not  to  exceed 
in  weight  fifty  pounds.  A  fee  of  twenty  cents  may  be  charged 
for  conveying  a  trunk. 

For  each  four  minutes  of  waiting,  10  cents. 

Waiting  time  shall  include  the  time  during  which  the  taxicab 
is  not  in  motion,  beginning  with  its  arrival  at  the  place  to  which 
it  has  been  called,  or  the  time  consumed  while  standing,  at  the 
direction  of  the  passenger,  but  no  charge  shall  be  made  for  time 
lost  for  inefficiency  of  the  taxicab  or  its  operator,  or  for  time 
consumed  by  a  premature  arrival  in  response  to  a  call ;  provided, 
however,  that  no  operator  or  driver  of  any  taxicab  which  has 
responded  to  the  call  of  a  prospective  passenger  shall  throw  down 
or  place  in  a  recording  position  the  aforesaid  flag  attached  to  the 
taximeter  until  at  least  eight  minutes  waiting  time  have  elapsed 
or  been  consumed. 

2659.  Passenger  to  have  opportunity  to  examine  charge  indi- 
cated on  taximeter.]    As  amended  June  19,  1911.    It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  operator  or  driver  of  every  taxicab,  at  the  termination 
of  his  services,  to  throw  the  flag  to  the  non-recording  position  on 
the  taximeter  and  call   the  passenger's  attention  to  the  amount 
registered.     The  taximeter  shall  not  be  changed  until  after  the 
fare  is  paid  or  a  charge  ticket  therefor  made  out  and  delivered  to 
the  person  hiring  such  taxicab. 

2660.  Tampering    with    taximeter    prohibited — penalty.]       As 
amended  June   19,   1911.     No  driver  or  operator  of   any  taxicab 
shall  permit  any  person  to  ride  thereon  or  therein   without  the 
consent  of  the  owner  thereof,  when  the  aforesaid  flag  is  up  or 
toward  a  vertical  position,  and  no  person  shall  tamper  with,  break 
or  mutilate  any  taximeter  with  the  intention  of  causing  the  same 
to  register  improperly  or  incorrectly  or  inaccurately,  and  no  driver 
of  any  taxicab  shall  charge  more  for  the  use  of  said  taxicab  than 
is  shown  to  be  due  by  the  taximeter  thereon. 

Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
be  subject  to  the  payment  of  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five 
dollars  ($25.00)  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00)  for 
each  offense. 

2661.  Rates  of  fare  to  be  posted  in  taxicabs.]    There  shall  be 
affixed  on  the  inside  of  each  taxicab  in  a  conspicuous  place  and  in 
such  manner  that  the  same  may  be  easily  and  conveniently  read, 

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by  any  person  riding  in  such  taxicab,  a  card  upon  which  shall  be 
printed  in  plain,  legible  type  the  rates  of  fare  provided  for  in  this 
article. 

2662.  Penalty.]  Any  owner,  agent,  employe,  driver  or  operator 
operating  or  driving  any  taxicab  upon  the  streets,  alleys  or  public 
places  of  the  city  for  hire  or  reward,  to  which  is  attached  a  taxi- 
meter which  registers  improperly  or  incorrectly,  or  who  violates  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  article,  or  who  neglects  or  refuses  to  com- 
ply with  the  same,  where  no  other  penalty  is  provided,  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each 
offense,  and  every  such  owner,  agent,  employe,  driver  or  operator 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  separate  offense  for  every  day  such  fail- 
ure, neglect  or  refusal  shall  continue,  and  no  person  shall  in  any 
way  or  manner  disturb,  hinder  or  molest  the  inspector  of  weights 
and  measures  or  any  of  his  deputies  in  the  performance  of  their 
duties,  as  hereby  imposed  upon  them,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

CHAPTER  LXXXIV. 
WEIGHERS. 

2817.  Appointment.]   The  mayor  shall  from  time  to  time  appoint 
so  many  and  such  persons  to  be  city  weighers  as  he  may  think 
proper,  and  he  may  remove  them. 

2818.  Bond — license  fee.]    Every  city   weigher  shall  execute  a 
bond  to  the  city,  in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  with  sureties 
to  be  approved  by  the  mayor,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  his  duties,  and  shall  pay  to  the  city  collector  the  sum  of  ten 
dollars  per  annum  upon  each  of  his  scales  as  and  for  an  annual 
license  fee  or  permit. 

2819.  Scale — how  provided.]    Each  of  said  weighers  so  appoint- 
ed shall  provide  his  own  scales,  which  shall  be  of  the  most  approved 
pattern  in  use,   and   shall   locate   them   and  keep   them   properly 
adjusted  and  repaired  at  his  own  expense. 

2820.  Adjustment  and  sealing.]      It  shall   be  the   duty  of  the 
weighers  so  appointed  to  have  their  scales  adjusted  and  sealed  by 
the  inspector  of  weights  and  measures  at  least  once  in  every  three 
months,  and  oftener  if  required.     It  shall  further  be  their  duty  to 
weigh  any  coal,  hay  or  any  other  article,  when  so  requested  by  the 
person  bringing  the  same. 

2821.  Deputy  weighers.]    The  weighers  so  appointed  shall  have 
power  to  appoint  all  necessary  deputies  to  attend  such  scales,  and 
the  official  bond  of  such  weighers  shall  be  holden  and  answerable 
for  the  acts  of  such  deputies. 

2822.  Attendance.]    Such  weighers  shall,  either  in  person  or  by 
such  deputy,  be  present  at  their  individual  scales  during  all  reason- 
able hours  each  day,  Sundays  and  public  holidays  excepted. 

2823.  Charges  for  weighing — inhibition.]     City    weighers  shall 

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be  allowed  to  charge  and  receive  ten  cents  for  every  load  or  part  of 
a  load,  or  any  article  of  any  kind  or  nature  whatsoever,  weighed  by 
them,  and  shall  keep  an  account  of  the  weight  of  every  such  load, 
and  shall  furnish  to  the  person  having  such  load  weighed  a  certifi- 
cate for  each  load,  which  certificate  shall  contain  the  gross  and  net 
weight  of  each  load  weighed  by  them. 

No  person  other  than  a  city  weigher,  his  agent  or  employe,  ap- 
pointed in  the  manner  hereinbefore  provided,  shall  be  allowed  to 
charge  or  to  receive  any  fee  or  reward  for  weighing  a  load  or  a 
part  of  a  load  or  any  other  article  of  any  kind  or  nature,  and  no 
such  person  shall  by  himself,  his  agent  or  employe,  issue  or  furnish 
for  a  fee  or  other  reward  any  certificate  or  memorandum  showing 
the  gross  and  net  weight  of  any  load  or  portion  of  a  load  or  other 
article  of  any  kind  or  nature  whatsoever  weighed  by  him. 

2824.  Records  to  be  kept.]    The  said  city  weighers  shall  sever- 
ally provide  themselves  with,  and  each  shall  keep  a  book  in  which 
he  shall  enter  the  amount  of  each  load,  and  the  name  of  each  person 
for  whom,  and  the  date  when  the  same  was  weighed ;  and  when  the 
vehicle  and  load  shall  be  weighed  together,  the  city  weigher's  certifi- 
cate shall  state  the  gross  weight  thereof,  and  upon  the  sale  or  deliv- 
ery of  such  load,  the  vehicle  shall  again  be  weighed,  without  charge, 
by  the  city  weigher  who  weighed  the  original  load,  and  thus  the  net 
weight  of  the  load  ascertained. 

2825.  Weight  of  vehicles.]    In  no  case  shall  any  city  weigher 
state  in  his  certificate  the  weight  of  any  vehicle  which  may  have 
been  weighed  with  any  load,  until  such  city  weigher  shall  have 
ascertained  the  weight  of  such  vehicle  by  actually  weighing  the 
same  on  his  said  scales. 

2826.  Certificate  not  to  be  altered.]     No  person  shall  alter  any 
certificate  of  any  city  weigher,  or  use  or  attempt  to  use  the  same 
for  any  other  load  or  parcel  than  the  one  for  which  the  same  was 
given,  nor,  after  the  weighing  and  before  the  sale  and  delivery  of 
any  load  or  parcel,  diminish  the  quantity  thereof. 

2827.  Examination  of  books.]     The  inspector  of  weights   and 
measures,  his  deputies,  and  members  of  the  department  of  police, 
shall  be  permitted  at  his  or  their  pleasure  to  examine  the  books 
required  as  aforesaid  to  be  kept  by  the  city  weigher. 

2828.  Street  scales  prohibited — exception.]    No  person  shall  use 
or  keep  any  scale  within  the  city  for  weighing  any  substance  or 
thing  for  the  public,  for  fee  or  reward,  except  city  weighers  who 
shall  have  complied  with  all  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  and 
no  person  shall  use  or  keep  any  scale  in  any  public  place,  street  or 
alley  within  the  city  unless  duly  authorized  so  to  do  by  the  city 
council. 

2829.  Penalty.]    Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

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CHAPTER  LXXXV. 

WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES. 

2830.  Office  created — appointment.]     There  is  hereby  created 
the  office  of  inspector  of  weights  and  measures.    He  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  mayor  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
city  council. 

2831.  Bond.]     Said  inspector  shall,   before   entering  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  execute  a  bond  to  the  city,  in  the  sum  of  five 
thousand  dollars,  with  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  city  council, 
conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

2832.  Annual  and  semi-annual  inspections.]    It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  said  inspector  to  inspect  and  examine  once  in  each  year  all 
weights,  measures,  scale  beams,  patent  balances,   steelyards  and 
other  instruments  used  for  weighing  and  measuring  in  the  city,  ex- 
cept track  scales  and  scales  of  a  capacity  of  three  tons  or  upwards, 
which  shall  be  inspected  once  in  every  six  months,  and  to  stamp 
with  a  suitable  seal  all  weights  and  measures  and  scales  so  used 
which  he  may  find  accurate,  and  deliver  to  the  owner  thereof  a  cer- 
tificate of  their  accuracy.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  wilfully 
remove,  destroy  or  in  any  manner  erase  any  stamp  or  seal  of  in- 
spection from  any  scale,  weight  or  measure  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

2833.  Register — report.]    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  in- 
spector to  make  a  register  of  all  the  weights,  measures,  scale  beams, 
patent  balances,  steelyards  and  other  instruments  used  for  weigh- 
ing, inspected  and  sealed  by  him,  in  which  he  shall  state  the  names 
of  the  owners  of  the  same,  and  whether  they  are  conformable  to  the 
standard  of  the  state. 

2834.  Report  violations  for  prosecution.]    It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  said  inspector  of  weights  and  measures  to  report  forthwith 
to  the  prosecuting  attorney  of  the  city  the  names  and  places  of  busi- 
ness of  all  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter, 
and  of  all  persons  making  use  of  any  fraudulent  or  unsealed  weights 
or  measures,  gauges  or  balances. 

2835.  Inspector  not  to  vend.]    It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  said 
inspector  to  vend  any  weights,  measures,  scale  beams,  patent  bal- 
ances, steelyards  or  other  instruments  to  be  used  for  weighing,  or 
to  offer  or  expose  the  same  for  sale,  or  be  interested  directly  or  in- 
directly in  the  sale  of  the  same  in  the  city,  under  a  penalty  of  fifty 
dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

2836.  Inspection— condemnation — adjustment — seizure.]   Said  in- 
spector shall  examine  and  inspect  and  seal  all  weights,  measures, 
scale  beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards  and  other  instruments  used 
for  weighing  at  the  stores  and  places  where  the  same  may  be  used ; 
but,  in  case  they,  or  any  of  them,  shall  not  be  conformable  to  the 
standard  of  this  state,  they  shall  be  marked  "condemned,"  and  the 
owner  thereof  shall  within  ten  days  thereafter  have  the  same  prop- 

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erly  adjusted  and  sealed,  under  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  ten  dol- 
lars, and  the  inspector  may,  at  any  time  after  the  expiration  of 
the  time  aforesaid,  seize  and  destroy  any  and  all  such  condemned 
weights,  measures,  scale  beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards  and 
other  instruments  used  for  weighing  found  in  use. 

2837.  Fees — limitations.]     It   shall  not  be   lawful   for  the  said 
inspector  to  make  charges  for  inspecting  and  examining  weights, 
measures,  scale  beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards  or  other  instru- 
ments used  for  weighing  more  than  once  in   each  year    (except 
charges  for  inspecting  and  examining  track  scales  and  scales  of  a 
capacity  of  three  tons  and  upwards,  which  shall  not  be  made  more 
than  once  in  every  six  months),  unless  such  weights,  measures,  scale 
beams,   patent  balances,   steelyards  or  other  instrument  used   in 
weighing  and  measuring  shall  be  found  to  be  not  conformable  to 
the  said  standard. 

2838.  Report  to  comptroller.]     The   inspector  of  weights  and 
measures  shall  pay  over  to  the  city  collector  each  day  all   fees, 
charges,  moneys,  emoluments  or  valuable  consideration  of  any  kind 
whatsoever  collected  or  received  by  him  by  reason  of  or  for  or  on 
account  of  the  performance  by  him  of  the  duties  of  his  office ;  and 
each  such  payment  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  report  in  writing  or 
directed  to  the  city  comptroller  and  verified  by  affidavit  of  the  said 
inspector,  which  said  report  shall  show  in  detail  all  fees,  charges, 
moneys  or  valuable  consideration  of  any  kind  paid  to  or  collected 
or  received  by  said  inspector  during  the  day  preceding  the  day  of 
such  report :  and  such  report  shall  be  made  daily  and  shall  accom- 
pany each  daily  payment  as  hereinbefore  provided  for. 

2839.  Fees  for  inspection.]    The  inspector  of  weights  and  meas- 
ures shall  demand  and  receive  for  the  use  of  the  city,  before  the 
delivery  of  the  certificate  provided  for  in  and  by  section  2836  of  this 
chapter,  the  following  fees: 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  scales  of  the  capacity  of  40,000 

pounds  and  upwards,  each $3.50 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  scales  of  the  capacity  of  24,000 

pounds  up  to  40,000  pounds,  each 1.50 

For  inspecting  and   sealing  scales   of  the  capacity   of  6,000 

pounds  up  to  24,000  pounds,  each 1.00 

For  inspecting  and   sealing  scales  of  the   capacity   of  2,500 

pounds  up  to  6,000  pounds,  each 50 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  scales  of  a  capacity  of  240  pounds 

up  to  2,500  pounds,  each 35 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  scales  of  the  capacity  of  2  pounds 

up  to  240  pounds,  each 20 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  hopper  scales,  each 1.25 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  two-bushel,  one-bushel  and  one- 
half-bushel  measures,  each 05 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  any  other  dry  measure,  each 05 

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For  inspecting  and  sealing  every  automatic  weighing  machine 
or  every  instrument  or  device  of  a  capacity  of  less  than 
three  tons  used  for  weighing  or  measuring  any  person  or 

animal,  for  hire  or  reward,  each 50 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  liquid  measures  of  the  capacity  of 

one  gallon  and  upwards,  each 10 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  any  other  liquid  measures,  each. . .     .05 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  yard  measures,  each 05 

For  inspecting  and  sealing  any  linear  measure,  for  each  3  feet.     .05 

In  every  case  where  said  inspector  may,  at  the  request  of  the 
owner  or  person  in  possession,  charge  or  control  of  any  scale, 
weight  or  measure,  employ  labor  or  material  in  making  such  scale, 
weight  or  measure  accurate,  he  shall  charge  and  receive  from  such 
owner  or  person,  for  the  use  of  the  city,  a  just  and  reasonable  com- 
pensation for  such  labor  or  material. 

2840.  Resignation  or  removal.]    Whenever    the    inspector    of 
weights  and  measures  shall  resign,  be  removed  from  office,  or  re- 
move from  the  city,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  deliver  to  the  city  comp- 
troller all  the  standard  beams,  weights  and  measures  in  his  pos- 
session. 

2841.  Official  standard  of  weights  and  measures.]    The  comp- 
troller, at  the  expense  of  the  city,  shall  procure  correct  and  ap- 
proved standards  of  weights  and  measures,  of  the  standard  adopted 
by  the  state  of  Illinois,  with  their  necessary  subdivisions,  together 
with  the  proper  beams  and  scales,  for  the  purpose  of  testing  and 
proving  the  weights  and  measures  of  said  standard  used  in  the 
city. 

2842.  Inspection  obligatory.]    Every  person  using  weights,  meas- 
ures, scale  beams,  patent  balances,  steelyards,  or  any  instrument,  in 
weighing  or  measuring  any  article  intended  to  be  purchased  or  sold 
in  the  city,  or  any  article  weighed  or  measured  for  shipping  or  re- 
ceiving purposes,  or  in  weighing  or  measuring  any  person  or  animal, 
for  hire  or  reward,  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  inspected  and  sealed 
by  the  inspector  of  weights  and  measures  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter. 

2843.  Peddlers  and  hawkers.]     All  itinerant  peddlers  and  hawk- 
ers using  scales,  balances,  weights  or  measures  shall  take  the  same 
to  the  office  of  the  inspector  of  weights  and  measures,  before  any 
use  is  made  thereof,  and  have  the  same  sealed  and  adjusted  annual- 
ly ;  and  any  such  person  failing  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  a  separate  and  distinct 
offense  shall  be  regarded  as  having  been  committed  each  and  every 
day  such  person  shall  use  such  scales,  balances,  weights  or  measures 
without  having  the  same  adjusted  and  sealed  as  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided.  Any  itinerant  peddler  or  hawker  found  using  any  ice  scale 
shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

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2844.  Deceit  or  fraud  in  regard  to  measurement  or  weight  of 
commodities.]  All  corn  in  the  ear,  potatoes,  coal,  large  fruits,  coarse 
vegetables  and  all  bulky  articles  sold  or  offered  for  sale  by  dry 
measure  shall  be  sold  by  heaped  measure,  and  all  commodities  sold 
l»v  heaped  measure  shall  be  duly  heaped  up  in  said  measure  in  the 
form  of  a  cone,  the  top  of  the  outside  measure  by  which  the  same 
shall  be  measured  to  be  the  limit  of  the  base  of  such  cone,  and  such 
cone  to  be  as  high  as  the  nature  of  the  article  to  be  measured  will 
admit  the  cone  to  be  heaped. 

Any  person  or  corporation  who  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  any 
commodity  or  article  of  merchandise  of  any  kind  whatsoever, 
whether  sold  by  dry  measurement,  liquid  measurement,  lineal  meas- 
urement, superficial  measurement  or  cubic  measurement,  or  by 
weight,  or  by  any  unit  of  enumeration  used  in  determining  or  meas- 
uring quantity,  in  quantities  of  less  weight  or  measure  or  enumera- 
tion than  the  weight  or  measure  or  enumeration  represented  by  the 
vendor  or  his  agent  or  employe  upon  such  sale  or  offer  for  sale,  or 
who  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  any  commodity  in  any  receptacle  con- 
taining a  less  quantity  than  it  is  represented  at  the  time  of  such 
offer  or  sale  to  contain,  or  any  article  measured  by  dry  measure  that 
shall  not  be  a  heaped  up  measure  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  section,  or  who  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  any  article  of  dry 
measurement,  in  other  than  a  legal  dry  measure,  or  any  article  of 
liquid  measurement,  in  other  than  a  legal  liquid  measure,  or  in  any 
measure  which  has  not  been  inspected  and  sealed  by  the  inspector 
of  weights  and  measures  in  accordance  with  and  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

"2844A.  Vegetables,  Fruits,  Vegetable  Products  and  Other  Com- 
modities to  be  Sold  by  Avoirdupois  Net  Weight  or  Numerical 
Count.]  As  passed  Dec.  4,  1911.  All  vegetables,  fruits  and  vege- 
table products,  meats  and  nonliquid  animal  products,  butter,  cheese 
and  other  similar  dairy  products,  sold  or  offered  for  sale  within  the 
city  of  Chicago,  for  delivery  within  the  said  city,  shall,  in  the 
absence  of  a  contract  or  agreement  in  writing  to  the  contrary, 
signed  by  the  parties  thereto,  be  sold  by  Standard  Avoirdupois  Net 
Weight  or  by  numerical  count.  Provided,  however,  that  seeds, 
grain,  flour,  meal  and  other  cereals  or  cereal  products  and  vege- 
table roots  which  by  common  custom  in  the  city  of  Chicago  are 
sold  by  the  bunch,  and  commodities  in  original  packages,  shall 
not  be  included  in  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance.  The  term 
'Original  Packages'  as  herein  used,  shall  be  taken  to  mean  pack- 
ages in  which  commodities  have  been  packed  before  shipping  by 
the  grower,  producer  or  original  packer,  thereof,  and  the  con- 
tents of  which  have  not  been  disturbed  or  diminished,  except  for 
the  purpose  of  ripening,  or  of  replacing  spoiled  goods." 

Any  person,  firm,  or  corporation  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars 
($25.00),  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00)  for  each  of- 
fense. This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect  on  and  after 
the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1912. 

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"2844B.  Repacking  Fruit  and  Vegetables.]  As  passed  Dec.  4, 
1911.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  selling  or  offering  for  sale 
any  fresh  or  green  fruit,  or  vegetables,  which  have  been  emptied 
from  and  repacked  in  barrels,  boxes,  baskets  or  other  receptacles, 
shall  clearly  stamp  or  write  on  such  barrels,  boxes,  baskets  or  other 
receptacles  upon  the  outside  thereof,  and  in  a  conspicuous  place 
thereon,  the  words  'Repacked  By/  and  following  such  words  the 
name  of  the  person,  firm  or  corporation  so  repacking  the  said  fruit 
or  vegetables." 

Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars 
($25.00)  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00)  for  each  of- 
fense. This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect  on  and  after 
the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1912. 

2844C.  Regulating  Sale  of  All  Fresh  Berries,  Cherries,  Currants 
and  Other  Small  Fruit.]  As  passed  Dec.  4,  1911.  All  fresh  ber- 
ries, cherries,  currants  and  other  small  fruits,  sold  or  offered  for  sale 
in  the  city  of  Chicago  shall,  in  the  absence  of  a  special  agreement  in 
writing  signed  by  the  parties  thereto  to  the  contrary,  be  sold  by 
Standard  Avoirdupois  Net  Weight,  numerical  count  or  in  uniform 
size  baskets,  boxes  or  other  receptacles  containing  one  quart,  one 
pint  or  one-half  pint  standard  dry  measure,  or  multiples  thereof, 
and  in  no  other  way,  and  the  said  receptacles  shall  be  uniformly 
and  evenly  filled  throughout.  Said  baskets,  boxes  or  other  re- 
ceptacles in  which  or  out  of  which,  such  berries,  cherries,  currants 
and  other  small  fruits  are  sold  or  offered  for  sale  shall  not  be  re- 
quired to  be  tested  and  sealed,  but  the  inspector  of  weights  and 
measures,  or  any  of  his  deputies,  may  at  any  time  test  the  capacity 
of  the  basket,  box  or  other  receptacle  in  which,  or  out  of  which 
said  berries,  cherries,  currants  or  similar  small  fruits  are  sold  or 
offered  for  sale. 

Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  selling  or  offering  for  sale  any 
berries,  cherries,  currants,  or  other  small  fruits  in  any  basket,  box 
or  other  receptacle,  that  is  of  a  capacity  different  from  that  here- 
inbefore provided,  or  in  any  basket,  box  or  other  receptacle  that  is 
not  uniformly  and  evenly  filled  throughout,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00)  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
lars ($100.00)  for  each  offense. 

2845.  Sale  of  milk  or  cream  in  bottles.]  As  amended  and  passed 
November  20,  1911.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  sell  or  offer  for 
sale  within  the  city  of  Chicago  any  milk  or  cream  in  bottles,  or  in 
glass  jars,  unless  each  of  said  bottles  or  glass  jars  in  which  said 
milk  or  cream  is  sold  or  offered  for  sale  shall  have  blown  into  it, 
or  otherwise  indelibly  and  permanently  indicated  thereon  in  a  leg- 
ible and  conspicuous  manner  the  capacity  thereof ;  and  the  inspector 
of  weight?  and  measures  of  the  said  city  of  Chicago  shall  have  the 
right  at  any  time  to  examine  any  bottle  or  glass  jar  in  which  milk 
or  cream  is  sold  or  offered  for  sale  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  or  which 
is  used  by  any  person  or  corporation  for  the  purpose  of  containing 
milk  or  cream  to  be  sold  or  offered  for  sale,  in  order  to  ascertain 

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whether  such  bottle  or  jar  is  of  a  capacity  not  less  than  that  which 
it  purports  to  be;  and,  subject  to  the  provision  at  the  end  of  this 
section,  if  any  such  bottle  or  jar  is  of  a  less  capacity  than  that 
which  it  purports  to  be,  or  if  any  such  bottle  or  jar  shall  not  have 
blown  into  it  or  otherwise  indelibly  and  permanently  indicated 
thereon  in  a  legible  and  conspicuous  manner  its  capacity  as  afore- 
said, the  person  or  corporation  selling  or  offering  for  sale  milk  or 
cream  in  any  such  bottle  or  jar,  or  having  in  his  or  its  possession 
any  such  bottle  or  jar  to  be  used  or  which  has  been  used  for  the 
purpose  of  containing  milk  or  cream  to  be  sold  or  offered  for  sale 
in  said  city  of  Chicago,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense ;  and,  also  subject 
to  the  provisions  at  the  end  of  this  section,  each  and  every  bottle 
or  glass  jar  found  in  the  possession  of  any  person  or  corporation 
used  or  to  be  used,  or  which  has  been  used  by  such  person  or  cor- 
poration for  the  purpose  of  containing  milk  or  cream  to  be  sold  or 
offered  for  sale  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  which  shall  be  found  to  be 
of  a  less  capacity  than  that  blown  into  same  or  otherwise  so  in- 
delibly and  permanently  indicated  thereon,  or  which  shall  not  have 
blown  into  it  or  otherwise  indelibly  and  permanently  indicated 
thereon  in  legible  and  conspicuous  manner  and  capacity  as  afore- 
said, shall  constitute  a  separate  and  distinct  offense  on  the  part  of 
such  person  or  corporation. 

"Provided,  That  the  test  of  forty-eight  bottles  or  glass  jars  to  be 
used  for  milk  or  cream  sold  or  offered  for  sale  containing  milk  by 
any  person  or  corporation  shall  be  taken  by  said  inspector,  and  this 
ordinance  shall  be  construed  as  having  been  complied  with  if  such 
number  of  bottles  or  glass  jars  contain  the  full  capacity  herein  re- 
quired ;  provided,  however,  that  bottles  or  jars  marked  'quarter  pint' 
shall  contain  not  less  than  thirty  (30)  drams;  'half  pint'  not  less 
than  sixty-two  (62)  drams;  'pint'  not  less  than  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  (125)  drams;  'quarts'  not  less  than  two  hundred  and 
fifty  (250)  drams;  'three  pints'  not  less  than  three  hundred  and 
seventy-nine  (379)  drams;  'two  quarts'  not  less  than  five  hundred 
and  six  (506)  drams ;  and  provided,  further,  that  no  bottle  or  glass 
jar  shall  be  considered  a  legal  measure  except  for  the  distribution 
of  milk  or  cream  to  consumers." 

2846.  Certificate  required.]     Any  person  who  shall,  in  weighing 
or  measuring  any  article  for  purchase  or  sale,  or  for  weighing  in  or 
weighing  out,  within  the  city,  use  any  weight,  measure,  scale  beam, 
patent  balance,  steelyard  or  other  instrument,  or  who  shall  maintain 
or  operate  any  weight,  measure,  scale  beam,  patent  balance,  steel- 
yard or  other  instrument,  whether  automatic  or  otherwise,  used  for 
the  purpose  of  weighing  or  measuring  any  person  or  animal,  for 
hire  or  reward,  which  has  not  been  sealed  or  for  which  the  afore- 
said certificate  has  not  been  obtained  from  the  inspector,  as  required 
by  this  chapter,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

2847.  Incorrect  or  faulty  measures  or  scales.]     If  any  person 
shall  use,  maintain  or  operate  in  the  city,  in  weighing  or  measuring 

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as  aforesaid,  any  weight,  measure,  scale  beam,  patent  balance,  steel- 
yard or  other  instrument,  which  shall  not  be  conformable  to  the 
standard  of  this  state,  or  shall  use  in  weighing,  as  aforesaid,  any 
scale  beam,  patent  balance,  steelyard  or  other  instrument,  which 
shall  be  out  of  order  or  incorrect,  or  which  shall  not  balance,  he 
shall  be  fined  for  every  such  offense  not  less  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

2848.  Refusal  to  exhibit.]    No  person  shall  refuse  to  exhibit  any 
weight,  measure,  scale  beam,  patent  balance,  steelyard  or  other  in- 
strument, to  said  inspector  for  the  purpose  of  being  so  inspected 
and  examined,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

2849.  Interference  with  officer.]     No  person  shall  in  any  way  or 
manner  obstruct,  hinder  or  molest  the  inspector  of  weights  and 
measures  in  the  performance  of  his  duties,  as  hereby  imposed  upon 
him,  or  refuse  to  weigh  or  measure  any  article  of  merchandise  or 
any  other  commodity  whatsoever,  in  order  that  the  said  inspector 
of  weights  and  measures  may  ascertain  the  weight  or  measure  of 
any  article  of  merchandise,  or  any  other  commodity  whatsoever, 
which  may  be  sold  or  offered  for  sale,  under  a  penalty  upon  every 
such  person  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

2850.  General  penalty.]     Any  person  or  corporation  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  where  no  other  pen- 
alty is  provided,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 


AN  ORDINANCE 

Relating  to  the  purchase  of  articles  of  merchandise  and  commodi- 
ties, as  passed  July  17,  1911. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago : 

Section  1.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  measuring  or  weigh- 
ing any  article  of  merchandise  or  commodity  by  dry  liquid,  lineal 
or  superficial  measurement,  or  by  any  unit  of  enumeration  used  in 
determining  or  measuring  quantity,  or  by  weight,  for  the  purpose 
of  purchasing  such  article  or  commodity,  who  shall  falsify  the 
measure  or  weight  of  such  article  or  commodity  by  representing 
the  measure  or  weight  of  the  same  to  be  either  more  or  less  than 
the  true  measure  or  weight  thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage,  approval  and  due  publication. 


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